A Simple Guide to Self Publishing: A Step-By-Step Handbook to Prepare, Print, Distribute & Promote Your Own Book

By Mark Ortman

Now in its third edition, this award-winning book is a concise, step-by-step handbook to prepare, print, distribute and promote your own book. Complete with all the references and resources you will... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0963469916
• ISBN13: 9780963469915
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Wise Owl Books & Music
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.9" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Best Short Self-Publishing How-to Book

This simple guide is exactly that, the bare bones basics for those who don't want to wade through hundreds of pages. You can get more than three times the information for only twice the price in a book like Dan Poynter's The Self-Publishing Manual, but more is not always best for everyone. If you are the type of person who wants "Just the facts" this book could be your ideal introduction to self-publishing.

A practical, "user friendly", invaluable instruction guide.

In A Simple Guide to Self-Publishing, Mark Ortman lays out simple, concise, step-by-step "how to" guides for preparing, printing, distributing, and promoting a book that is published by its author. Now in a thoroughly updated third edition, A Simple Guide to Self-Publishing also includes the phenomena of on-line publishing and the electronic book (ebook). All of the references and resources for successful self-publishing are presented, including the easiest way to get started; where to apply for a copyright and ISBN number; ways to publishing a manuscript on the Internet; where to have a book printed economically; how to promote and distribute books on the Internet. A Simple Guide to Self-Publishing is a practical, "user friendly" instruction guide and reference that will prove invaluable for the novice self- publisher.

To the Point & up to Date

The Simple Guide to Self-Publishing is clear, accurate and up-to-date. Mark Ortman has condensed years of experience into concise and valuable checklists (complete with check-off boxes). Now the book has been revised again to include electronic and on-demand printing. You will refer to this book again and again. DanPoynter@ParaPublishing.com

The perfect resource on the basics of Self-Publishing.

The perfect resource on the basics of Self-Publishing. An easy read that inspires and motivates a writers spirit from pen to printed page.All the basic information needed to self-publish!

It really is simple and all you need to self-publish.

I met Mark at one of his classes on publishing in late 1995. I knew absolutely nothing about publishing when I attended the class; all I had was an idea for a book. Now I have my own small press. I published "A Cowboy Never Lies" exactly one year from meeting Mark. I read The Simple Guide to Self-Publishing and although I referenced some other books on self publishing, The Simple Guide is my publishing bible